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Good in Bed
written by Jennifer Weiner
Studio : Washington Square Press
by Washington Square Press
Publisher : Washington Square Press
Released : 2002-04-02
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780743418171
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 746 reviews)
List Price : $15.00
Our Price : $4.15
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Product Description |
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For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her friends, her rat terrier, Nifkin, and her job as pop culture reporter for The Philadelphia Examiner. She's even made a tenuous peace with her plus-size body. But the day she opens up a national women's magazine and sees the words "Loving a Larger Woman" above her ex-boyfriend's byline, Cannie is plunged into misery...and the most amazing year of her life. From Philadelphia to Hollywood and back home again, she charts a new course for herself: mourning her losses, facing her past, and figuring out who she is and who she can become. |
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The day pop-culture journalist Cannie Shapiro reads her ex-boyfriends' published story about their sex life is the day her life changes. Embarking on a journey through her past she confronts her ex, deals with her lesbian mother and sifts through the answer to how she got where she is--single, angry and exposed. |
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Annoying! |
The main character, Cannie is annoying with her blame-the-world outlook on life. I couldn't relate to her negativity because I never found her to be a "loser" to warrant that kind of attitude. If she was a friend of mine, I would slap her and tell her (1) SNAP OUT OF IT (2) portion control (3) stop whining (4) find a new therapist.
Cannie hung on to all the bad things in her life but failed to appreciate all the good things she had right on front of her. Clich storyline. And I didn't find her funny at all either.
I would not recommend this book to anyone. |
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A great book!!! |
This book was a great read for me. It tugged at my heartstrings and moved me in many ways. The book details the events in the life of a 'overweight' person and the dilemmas that she faces based on her weight issues. It also chronicles her love life which has somewhat become tabloid fodder as well as looks at ambition and the single female as a theme in itself.
I would recommend this book to all my girlfriends. It will show them that their lives are comparable to millions of other women out there.
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I wish I could give it zero stars |
I admit I did not finish this book. It was recommended to me by a friend, and once I'd read half-way through I came to read reviews and see if I was the only one terribly disappointed by it. I was not, but several of the reviews neatly summed up the rest of the storyline and I felt no need to continue reading as I knew what happened. In a way that was upsetting (reviews that give away too much plot) but at the same time it was liberating - I knew what happened and I could set this book aside!
Others have summed up the problems with this book far more eloquently than I could, but suffice to say I really disliked the main character and her constant whining was beyond irritating. The first chapter of the book was good, and seemed to bode well, and it was all downhill from there. Here's a hint, Cannie, people don't dislike you because you're fat - people dislike you because you're an insufferable, self-centered, whiny little... well, I think you get my point. |
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TGFJW |
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This will definitely go down as my favorite book of all time. Finally an author with some sense of what real women go through. I am reading Goodnight Nobody now and I can already tell you it's going to be just as good. As an overweight girl myself, I could relate to this so much. However, this book isn't just for the overweight girls. I would let ANYONE read this. |
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wonderful |
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Humerous, insightful, witty, amazing book! I do believe this book has become my favorite...and I read a lot! |
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